Boeken

Visa Recipients

  • BOEKEN, Hanna A
    Age 65 | Visa #1513
  • BOEKEN, Joanna
    Age 3 months
  • BOEKEN, Johanna née STAS P A
    Age 29 | Visa #1514
  • BOEKEN, Joseph P A
    Age 38 | Visa #1504

About the Family

The BOEKEN family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 14, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal. Joseph BOEKEN subsequently sailed on the Exeter from Lisbon to New York in July 1940. Hanna, Johanna, and Joanna BOEKEN sailed on the Quanza from Lisbon to New York in August 1940.

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Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon